Crossword puzzle book



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Patented Aug. 1, 1950 l; f

Henry Joseph Kelly, Buff-16" N; Y1', l

Application March 2 1946, Serial No. 651,505

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a crossword puzzle book and has for its primary object to afford entertainment and amusement to various members of a family.

Another object is to enable the same crossword puzzle to be worked by kvarious different individuals without transmitting from one to the other any suggestion of the solution of the puzzle.

Among its features my invention embodies a crossword puzzle book which includes a plurality of leaves, a pad of like crossword puzzle blanks occupying at least a portion of the lower half of each alternate leaf, and a pad of like crossword puzzle blanks occupying at least a portion of the upper half of each intermediateleaf.

Other features include applying the key for each pad of puzzle blanks to at least a portion of the opposite half of the leaf carrying its respective pad of puzzle blanks, and a stiff cardboard sheet adapted to be inserted beneath the top blank of each pad as it is being worked to prevent the transmission of an impression made on the top blank to blanks therebeneath.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a crossword puzzle book embodying the features of this invention showing the same open and ready for use,

Figure 2 is an end edge view of the book closed,

Figure 3 is a side edge view showing the separate leaves with their respective pads attached thereto,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view through a leaf of the book showing the pad in detail, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the stiff cardboard sheet used to prevent the transmission of an impression from one blank to another.

Referring to the drawings in detail my improved book designated generally I Il comprises a plurality of leaves I I and I2. Printed or otherwise Xed to the upper half of one face of the leaf II is the key I3 to a crossword puzzle, and attached to the lower half of the leaf II is a pad I4 carrying a plurality of superimposed sheets printed in blank representing the crossword puzzle blanks I5 for which the key I3 is designed. These superimposed blanks are preferably glued along opposite side edges as at I6 and perforated as at I1 to permit them to be torn from their respective pad I4 when the puzzle has been solved or when the one attempting to solve it has decided to continue no further.

The page I2 of the book adjacent the page II is provided with a pad designated generally I8 which corresponds in every respect to the pad I4 in that it carries a plurality of superimposed sheets each printed in blank as at I9 with a crossword puzzle different from that carried on page I I. The blanks I9 are perforated along their side edges as at 20 and are glued at 2I one upon another so that the sheets may readily be removed one at a time without disturbing the rest of the pad. The key to the blank sheet I9 is printed on the lower half of the leaf I2 as at 22, so that each page of the book presents both the key and a pad of crossword puzzle blanks, with the blanks of each pad being identical but the pads differing one from the other.

In order to prevent the transmission of an impression from the top blank to a blank therebeneath I provide a relatively stiff cardboard sheet 23 provided at one corner with a finger tab 24 by means of which it may be readily inserted between the top blank of a pad and the blank immediately therebelow as illustrated in Figure 4. The tab 24 is preferably perforated to receive a exible cord 25, the opposite end of which is anchored to the book in any suitable manner so that the sheet 23 may be readily transferred from one puzzle pad to another, and yet the sheet will be made an integral part of the book so as to avoid loss.

It will be understood that alternate leaves are arranged with the puzzle pads at the top ofthe leaf while the intermediate leaves are arranged with the puzzle pads at the bottom of the leaves so that when the book is closed a substantially smooth surface will be presented by both covers and the pads will intert in order to reduce bulk.

In use the user selects the puzzle which he chooses to work and slips the stiif cardboard sheet beneath the top blank after which he may ll in the puzzle without fear of transmitting any impression made thereon to the puzzle blank immediately therebeneath. Having finished with the topmost puzzle blank it is torn off along the perforations and the book is ready for the next user who may choose to work the same puzzle or another, it only being necessary to insert the cardboard sheet in proper position within the book.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

A book comprising a plurality of leaves, a pad of like blanks occupying a portion of the lower half of each alternate leaf, a pad of like blanks occupying a portion of the upper half of each intei-mediate leaf, and the key for each pad of blanks occupying a portion of the opposite half of the leaf carrying,r its respective pad of blanks, a stiff cardboard sheet insertable beneath the top blank of a pad to prevent the transmission of an impression made thereon to blanks therebeneath, a tab projecting outwardly beyond one edge of the cardboard sheet at one corner thereof to facilitate the insertion and extraction of the sheet into a pad, and a exible member xed at one end 15 4 to the tab and at its opposite end to the book near the junction of the leaves thereof.

HENRY JOSEPH KELLY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS- 10 Number Name Date 286,152 Robertson Oct. 2, 1883 957,233 Maxwell May 10, 1910 1,339,908 Thorpe May 11, 1920 1,843,947 Ellery Feb. 9, 1932 

